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UK armed forces veterans, England and Wales: Census 2021
What's in the bulletin?
- In 2021, 1,853,112 people in England and Wales reported that they had previously served in the UK armed forces (3.8% of usual residents aged 16 years and over).
- Of the UK armed forces veterans in England and Wales, 76.3% (1.4 million people) previously served in the regular forces, 19.5% (361,000 people) in the reserve forces, and 4.3% (79,000 people) served in both the regular and reserve forces.
- 37,000 UK armed forces veterans (2.0%) lived in communal establishments and the remainder (slightly over 1.8 million, 98.0%) lived in households.
Suicides in UK armed forces veterans, England and Wales: 2021
What's in the bulletin?
- In 2021 in England and Wales, out of 5,175 suicides in those aged 16 years and over, 253 suicides occurred in UK armed forces veterans.
- Of the 253 UK armed forces veteran suicides occurring in 2021, 93.7% (237) were male and 6.3% (16) were female.
- Overall, after accounting for age, there was no evidence of a difference in the rate of suicide between male UK armed forces veterans and the male general population.
Datasets related to Armed forces community
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GP and dentist registrations, weighted estimates, Veterans' Survey 2022, UK
UK armed forces veterans and GP and dentist registrations, type of registrations and reason for not being registered by personal and service-related characteristics.
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Health, weighted estimates, Veterans' Survey 2022, UK
UK armed forces veterans, disability and whether a veteran required a personalised care plan, by personal and service-related characteristics.
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Well-being, weighted estimates, Veterans' Survey 2022, UK
How often UK armed forces veterans felt lonely, and the average combined score on the loneliness scale by personal and service-related characteristics.
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Veterans’ awareness and use of, and satisfaction with, health and well-being services, weighted estimates, Veterans’ Survey 2022, UK
Estimates by personal and service-related characteristics from Op COURAGE, Veterans First Point, Veterans NHS Wales and Op RESTORE (Veterans Trauma Network).
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Suicides in UK armed forces veterans, England and Wales
UK armed forces veteran suicide statistics in England and Wales. Including method of suicide, cause of death and suicide rate in male veterans. Annual data. These are official statistics in development.
Publications related to Armed forces community
Statistical bulletins
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UK armed forces veterans, England and Wales: Census 2021
UK armed forces veterans population who have either previously served in the regular forces, reserve forces or both, Census 2021 data.
Articles
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Characteristics of UK armed forces veterans, England and Wales
UK armed forces veteran population from Census 2021 data, includes population age, where people were born, religion, ethnic group, legal partnership status and general health.
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UK armed forces veterans data, England and Wales
Datasets on the topic of UK armed forces veterans and supporting information.
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